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jacqmans
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« on: 09/13/2006 01:36 PM » |
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http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=1791(translation below) 13-09-2006 works according to the graph of the first starting day with the carrier rocket "Soyuz" and space appratom of a series "cosmos" Segodnya on 31-1 area of spaceport Baikonur raschty of the enterprises Of roskosmosa perform work according to the graph of the first starting day with the carrier rocket "Soyuz" and by space appratom of a series "cosmos". S of 5.30 msk to 6.15 msk was executed the transport of space rocket to "Soyuz" with the satellite "Kosmos" to the launcher. To 7.00 msk carrier rocket they installed to the launcher and now the calculations of enterprises in the space field conduct testings of equipment of launching system and carry out jointings of the communications of carrier rocket and ground equipment. To the second-half of day is planned conducting the general tests, in course of which complexly is checked the work of entire onboard apparatus and missile gear with the imitation of its flight. Pusk of space rocket "Soyuz" with the satellite "Kosmos" from the area of 31 spaceports Baikonur is planned to carry out by the evening on 14 September.
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« on: 09/13/2006 01:36 PM » |
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ras391
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« Reply #1 on: 09/13/2006 04:19 PM » |
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ANIK:
Can you verify this launch tomorrow? No other calander shows it. Thanks.
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anik
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« Reply #2 on: 09/13/2006 04:42 PM » |
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ras391 - 13/9/2006 8:06 PM
Can you verify this launch tomorrow? Yes, the launch of Soyuz-U rocket with Kosmos-2423 satellite will be approximately at 13:00 UTC tomorrow... Kosmos-2423 is the last Russian military photo-reconnaissance Don satellite...
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jacqmans
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« Reply #3 on: 09/13/2006 04:47 PM » |
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Will there be a webcast of this launch ??
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anik
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« Reply #4 on: 09/13/2006 05:03 PM » |
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No... Russian military launches always have not webcasts...
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sammie
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« Reply #5 on: 09/13/2006 07:43 PM » |
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It doesn't look like a standard payload shroud, with the additional bulge on the side. Is the Don family of satellites related to the Yantar design. I've had trouble to find reliable data on this payload. One book says that the satellites is destructed by explosion once it reaches 200km altitude, can this be confirmed. And what way of download does the Don use, electronicly or through the Potok system?
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Skyrocket
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« Reply #6 on: 09/13/2006 09:08 PM » |
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Don (a.k.a. Orlets-1 or 17F12) is a film-return reconsat. It features 8 small return capsules for frequent film delivery. The main body does, unlike the Kobalt satellites, feature a large return vehicle. Thus at the end of the mission the main part of the satellite is detonated before reentry. The service module of the satellite might be related to the Yantar service module. A larger version (Orlets-2, Yenissei) with 20 capsules was launched twice on Zenit-2 LVs.
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anik
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« Reply #7 on: 09/14/2006 08:08 AM » |
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The exact launch time is 13:41 UTC...
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astropl
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« Reply #8 on: 09/14/2006 02:23 PM » |
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anik
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« Reply #9 on: 09/15/2006 08:05 AM » |
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Images of yesterday's launch of Soyuz-U rocket with Kosmos-2423 satellite see here...
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sammie
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« Reply #11 on: 09/18/2006 08:02 PM » |
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From the avia.ru mailing list, highlights only.
RESURS-DK1 REMOTE PROBING SATELLITE SUCCESSFULLY TESTED
A Russian-made Resurs-DK1 satellite for Earth remote probing has successfully been tested for its flight and design capability. The satellite was launched June 15 from the Baikonur cosmodrome, the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) reported. The test results are positive. The space vehicle has confirmed the assigned characteristics.
Now it is ready to start surveying the Earth on customer orders, reported the Roscosmos' press-service. A meeting of the State Commission is slated for September 21 to discuss issues of acceptance of the vehicle and subsequent transfer of it for operation. The Resurs-DK-1 is designed for remote probing the Earth with a solution of 1m for the needs of the RF defense ministry and commercial customers.
There is a scintcilliational telescope, ARINA, installed on the satellite with the help of which Russian and Italian scientists are, for the first time, trying to promptly forecast earthquakes. The Resurs-DK-1 is also equipped with a Russian- European spectrometer, PAMELA, with the help of which scientists will attempt to penetrate into an unknown world of dark matter of the Universe. Within the framework of the Russian- Italian project, Rome-Pamela', there will be studied space radiation flows, above all, positrons and antiprotons containing data on nature of dark matter, the Roscosmos stressed. Scientists from Germany and Sweden are also involved in the project. The Resurs-DK-1 will be operating on a near-circle orbit at an altitude of up to 610 km during 3 years at minimum.
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